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Yicheng Sun – ProQuest LLC, 2024
We study how to automatically generate cloze questions from given texts to assess reading comprehension, where a cloze question consists of a stem with a blank space holder for the answer key, and three distractors for generating confusions. We present a generative method called CQG (Cloze Question Generator) for constructing cloze questions from…
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Reading Processes, Questioning Techniques, Computational Linguistics
Szilagyi, Jillian Allison – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The purpose of this narrative study was to explore primary teachers' perceptions about computer-based reading comprehension assessments to understand their adoption practices and any associated hesitancy around implementing computer-based assessments. As such, this study sought understand how primary teachers explain their experiences, challenges,…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Computer Assisted Testing, Reading Tests
Bradley J. Ungurait – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Advancements in technology and computer-based testing has allowed for greater flexibility in assessing examinee knowledge on large-scale, high-stakes assessments. Through computer-based delivery, cognitive ability and skills can be effectively assessed cost-efficiently and measure domains that are difficult or even impossible to measure with…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Evaluation Methods, Scoring, Student Evaluation
Julie Halpert – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Fewer than half of all students across the nation qualify as proficient readers. Compounding this problem are the underlying challenges to students and their teachers of learning disabilities and dyslexia. Professional development courses can help teachers address these deficiencies. The purpose of this study was to determine how graduates of the…
Descriptors: Dyslexia, Multi Tiered Systems of Support, Reading Difficulties, Reading Skills
Melissa Smith – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The problem explored in this study was the low achievement of third grade students on the English Language Arts (ELA) Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers Assessment (PARCC). The purpose of this basic qualitative study was to explore teacher perceptions about third grade students in one charter school who were…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, English Teachers, Language Arts, Low Achievement
Frederick J. Poole – ProQuest LLC, 2020
The purpose of this multiple-paper dissertation is to design a digital game and stealth assessments within the game to assess young second language learners' Chinese reading proficiency. In Chapter 2 (Paper 1), I describe the game designed for this dissertation and how it was implemented in a dual language immersion classroom. This study found…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Immersion Programs, Reading Comprehension, Student Evaluation
Jeffrey Huffman – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Reading approaches in Japan and other EFL settings have typically focused on accuracy at the expense of fluency. However, reading rate and fluency are important components of reading that are currently being neglected. A review of the literature reveals growing interest in investigating the effectiveness of reading rate and fluency enhancement…
Descriptors: Reading Fluency, Courses, Foreign Countries, Reading Rate
Midkiff, Emily Ann – ProQuest LLC, 2017
In this dissertation, I challenge the dominant assumptions in science fiction and children's literature criticism: that young children's science fiction is exclusively poor quality, unwelcoming to girls, and lacking in diversity. Most of all, I refute the bias that children do not or cannot read science fiction before they reach 12 years of age.…
Descriptors: Science Fiction, Childrens Literature, Elementary School Students, Evaluation Methods
Smith, Karen G. – ProQuest LLC, 2019
Many adolescents struggle with reading comprehension, despite an emphasis on reading instruction over recent decades. Evidence suggests that informational text is particularly challenging for students. To implement assessments within a multi-tiered framework, schools must have psychometrically adequate tools. Using data of 473 students in Grades 6…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Middle School Students, Grade 6, Grade 7
Renee Elissa Lastrapes – ProQuest LLC, 2015
Once students have mastered the mechanics of reading, they are expected to learn new material by reading. This new material, however, becomes increasingly more complex as students enter upper elementary and especially middle and high school. If students fail to comprehend what they read, they risk failure in content courses such as science and…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Reading Achievement, Content Area Reading, Reading Comprehension
Lai, Cheng-Fei – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Piecewise latent class growth analysis (LCGA) was used to examine growth patterns in reading comprehension and passage reading fluency on easyCBM, a popular formative assessment system. Unlike conventional growth modeling, LCGA takes into account the heterogeneity of growth and may provide reliable predictions for later development. Because…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Disability Identification, Reading Difficulties, Evaluation Methods
Lara, Monica – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This study examined the "Tejas LEE or El Inventario de Lectura en Espanol de Tejas" (Grade 1) to determine if a relationship existed between reading comprehension in Spanish and the tested skills on the diagnostic assessment. This quantitative research design evaluated the psychometric characteristics of the Tejas LEE and followed customary…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Educational Testing, Elementary Education, Reading Instruction
Smith, Darcie D. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Eighty-seven 4th, 5th and 6th grade students were administered the "Derivational Relatedness Interview" (DRI) (Templeton, Smith, Moloney, Van Pelt, & Ives, 2009). The purpose of this instrument is to explore students' understanding of derivational morphology. During the same week, the subjects were also administered an Upper…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6
Haria, Priti Damji – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This study examined the effectiveness of instruction in a genre-specific reading comprehension strategy, "Critical Analysis of Argumentative Text" (CAAT), which was designed to help students to identify, summarize and critically analyze parts of argumentative text. Based on the premise that reading and writing require similar knowledge of text…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Text Structure, Criticism, Grade 5
Gutierrez, Gabriel – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The current study examined the quality of the Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills (DIBELS) across a sample of second-grade English Language (EL) learners with varying degrees of English proficiency (e.g., students with beginning, early intermediate, intermediate, early advanced, and advanced levels). DIBELS Oral Reading Fluency…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading Fluency, Phonics, Phonological Awareness
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